2CS IN THE VISION OF GOD
In the evenings at Dr. Shukla's house Ohhotabhai would
entertain the assembled devotees with music playing upon
the dilraba—• an Indian musical instrument.
(ii) Worship of boot-kicks
As on the previous occasion, Ramdas occupied KaatilaVs
honse in Limbdi, The eagerness of the people of Limbd!
to behold him again was so great that no sooner had he
arrived there than hundreds of them visited the honse. The
game programme, as at the last time, was gone through in
almost all its details.
Dr. Shukla, Ghunihhai and Ghhotabhai came down
every day from Wadhwan to see him. Eamdas was COB-
tinning his milk diet. He had invitations from TJgarehand
seth ai*d Mohanbhai, the noted merchants of Liinbdi. The
old sngareandy mothers were filled with no small joy to
have him again in their midst. One of the old ladies by
mime Gangamai aged over seventy years would crawl op
the staircase with great difficulty, and coming to him would
thrust in his mouth a piece of sugarcandy and embrace him.
Indeed wonderful was her devotion!
After a few days' stay in Limbdi, he received a com-
mand from Ram to leave the place for Gohkar Parvat, en
route Jhanjsi.
He entrained for Jhansi. When travelling via Ujjain,
several changes had to be made. At Bina he had to get
into a train, running to Jhansi. The time was about ten in
the night. When he was entering a carriage a Mussulman
obstructed him but he slipped in. He had a single ochre-
coloured cloth, as usual, wound on his body, and a ticket
tied to its corner. Now the carriage was full of Muslim
pMBenagerst and everyone was lying dawn at full length on
tbeir beddings, leaving no room for any other passenger.
n«w«v*rr b* got a peieh at the feet of a Muslim who was a
ahort-statnred man. The train moved on. At the next